# Sonne
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish and German Sonne.

### Proper noun

Sonne (plural Sonnes)
* A surname.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonne is the 35395th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Sonne is most common among White (94.34%) individuals.

### References

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

### Further reading

* Sonne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Nones, neons, nones, onsen

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥.
Akin to Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Icelandic sunna. Further Indo-European cognates include Latin sōl, Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya), Russian солнце (solnce), Lithuanian saulė, Welsh haul.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzɔnə/ (prescriptive standard)
* IPA: /ˈsɔnɛ/ (Austrian standard)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnə

### Proper noun

Sonne f (proper noun, genitive Sonne)
* (astronomy) the Sun
    Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle.The Sun is a light source.

### Noun

Sonne f (genitive Sonne, plural Sonnen)
* (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system)
    Synonyms: Stern, Gestirn
    Hypernym: Stern
    Hyponyms: Asteroid, Komet, Planet
* (uncountable) sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun)
    Synonyms: Sonnenschein, Sonnenlicht
    Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. ― We had sunshine all day.
    Geh mir aus der Sonne! ― Get lost! (literally, “Move [for] me out of the sunshine!”)
    Laut Wetterbericht wird es morgen Sonne geben. ― According to the weather forecast there will be sunshine tomorrow.

#### Derived terms

* Abendsonne
* Frühlingssonne
* Herbstsonne
* Höhensonne
* Mittagssonne
* Morgensonne
* sonnen
* Sonnenaufgang
* Sonnenbad
* Sonnenblume
* Sonnenbrand
* Sonnenbrille
* Sonnencreme
* Sonnendeck
* Sonnenenergie
* Sonnenfinsternis
* Sonnenfleck
* Sonnengott
* Sonnenhut
* sonnenklar
* Sonnenkönig
* Sonnenlicht
* Sonnenöl
* Sonnenscheibe
* Sonnenschein
* Sonnenschutz
* Sonnenstudio
* Sonnentag
* Sonnentau
* Sonnenuhr
* Sonnenuntergang
* Sonnenwende
* sonnig
* Wintersonne

#### Related terms

* Sonntag m

### Further reading

* “Sonne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Sonne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Sonne” in Duden online
* Sonne on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzo.nə/
* Hyphenation: Son‧ne
* Rhymes: -onə

### Etymology 1

From earlier sune, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

#### Alternative forms

* Suohn (Krefeld)
* zoon

#### Noun

Sonne m (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnke)
* (Eupen) son

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

Sonne
* (Eupen) nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Sonne

#### Noun

Sonne
* (Eupen) nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Sonn